What kind of quality are you looking for? If you're going HD, I'm
assuming you want a nicely lighted talking head, and not a home movie.
B&H sells a very nice basic lighting kit - I believe it's the
DVProducer, for about $1100-$1500 depending on what you get, but by the
time you put a camera, and a decent microphone on here, you're going to
be int he $4-$5k range minimum. A little high for the do-it-yourselver.
PC vs Mac is meaningless now days. Mac's can read AVI's, and PC's can
read Quicktime, and if you go with something like Panasonic's AVCHD, or
Sony's XD Cam, they're platform independent. Plug the camera into the
computer - whatever computer - and download. If you're not editing, it
doesn't even need to be a good computer, almost anything with USB will
do. What in the world would the Ipad be for? Unless he already has
one or wants an excuse to buy one, why spend that money. Put a 17"
computer monitor under the lens on chair, and if you're far enough back
there's your prompter. That can definitely run off of whatever old
computer is laying around.
I have a client for whom I do this on a regular basis. We shoot an old
Sony 570, take it live via firewire into Adobe Premier on a 5 yr old
Macbook, although a Dell has worked too, (Sorry Avid, it's easier and
cheaper) then export a Quicktime for upload and editing. Client
downloads the Quicktime and edits the next day. Now, it's not HD, and
it's only 2-3 minutes, but the theory should be the same.
You're going to drop a fair chunk of change to get this set up correctly
with a camera, prompter, etc. Why not get a local freelancer to shoot
it? You'd get a better product, from someone who actually knows how to
shoot, and you don't have to make the equipment purchase.
Mark "Expert on cheap video" Myers
On 12/5/10 2:12 PM, Rob C. wrote:
>
> I have a client who is looking to do weekly 6-10 minute videos for his
> business (in an office or home office location) and I'm trying to find
> the most efficient way of trying to accomplish this.
>
> The first issue I have is he is doing this in New York and I am not,
> so the ability to drag, drop and upload the videos to me is very
> important,
> The second is, he's not exactly the most tech-savvy, but he is
> trainable and willing to commit.
> The third is what I do is totally Mac based and he uses a PC -
> although he needs to upgrade and is willing to consider something like
> an Intel G5 iMac.
>
> Here are is a list of hardware or components I believe we need:
>
> - HD Camera (with media to be edited in Avid Media Composer 5 or Final
> Cut Studio)
> - Lav mic
> - Small Tele-prompter
> - Computer for the above for prompter and video recording/uploading to
> the web
>
> - And possibly basic lighting to compensate for bad office lighting or
> being backlit by office/skyline window backlight.
>
> I'm looking at everything from an iMac G5 with iSight technology and
> an external mic (which I think would be slightly problematic because
> of things like tele-prompter placement, etc); to a basic HD camera
> from Canon or Panasonic (with drag and drop media for uploading to the
> internet), an external prompter and lav mic; to possibly having a set
> up with an iPad and appropriate technology for video, audio and
> prompter.
>
> There are many ways to go but reasonably priced and easy to use, good
> looking/sounding video & audio technology with drag & drop media; as
> well as an easy to use tele- prompter is what I'm looking for.
>
> Any thoughtful recommendations would be appreciated.
>
> - rob c
>
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